Deneb in Cygnus to Cepheus area of Milky Way. Includes Le Gentil III dark nebula area and North America Nebula and IC 1396. Taken Sept. 13, 2007 for stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures with 35mm L-series lens at f/2.8 and Canon 20Da camera at ISO 400. Glow layer added to soften stars.
This is the rich Eta Carinae Nebula area of the southern Milky Way, with the main nebula surrounded by a variety of open star clusters: NGC 3532 the Football Cluster, IC 2602 the Southern Pleiades, NGC 3293 the Gem Cluster. This is a stack of 4 x 3 minute exposures at f/2.8 with 135mm telephoto lens and Canon MkII camera at ISO 800. Two of the frames had some haze from passing clouds, which added natural star glows. No filter used here. The field simulates the field of view of binoculars.
